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  5. GPT-5.2vsMiniMax M1
Updated Dec 2025

GPT-5.2vsMiniMax M1

MiniMax M1 is cheaper than GPT-5.2 at $0.3/M vs $1.75/M input tokens.

GPT-5.2 and MiniMax M1 compared across 52 shared prompts
SpecGPT-5.2MiniMax M1
Input price$1.75/M tokens$0.3/M tokens
Output price$14/M tokens$1.65/M tokens
Context window400K tokens1.0M tokens
WeightsClosedOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedDec 2025Jun 2025
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 52 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Generate a Stand-Up Routine

Write a 3-minute stand-up comedy routine that isn't based on puns.

GPT-5.2608 words
I’ve been trying to improve myself lately, which is embarrassing, because self-improvement is just admitting you weren’t doing great. It’s like, “I’m on a journey.” No you’re not. You’re just tired of your own behavior. So I downloaded one of those habit apps. The app is so optimistic. It’s like, “Day 1: Drink water.”
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MiniMax M1431 words
Title: "Modern Life: A Masterclass in Absurdity" (Lights up. Comedian steps onto stage, grinning.) Hey everyone! Thanks for coming out. I'm just here to talk about... gestures vaguely... all this. You know, life. Specifically, how we're all just winging it. Like, when did "adulting" become a verb?
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Character Voice Test

Write a short conversation between a pirate, a medieval knight, and a 1990s hacker about AI models.

GPT-5.2308 words
Pirate: Arrr, ye say this “AI model” be a sort o’ clever parrot—trained on a sea o’ words, squawkin’ answers when ye whistle? Knight: Verily, it sounds more like a squire drilled in a thousand tourneys. Yet it knows not honor, only patterns. Tell me—does it reason, or merely mimic wisdom?
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MiniMax M1292 words
A Curious Meeting Pirate: Arr, me hearties! I've been hearin' talk of these "AI models" from yer modern times. Be they some sort of magical oracle thatredicts the seas? Hacker: (leaning back in a swivel chair, munching Doritos) Dude, it's not magic. It's neural networks. Massive datasets. Matrix multiplications.
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Stochastic Consistency Test

Generate 5 jokes. How many are unique?

GPT-5.260 words
I told my computer I needed a break—now it won’t stop sending me Kit-Kat ads. Why don’t skeletons fight each other? They don’t have the guts. I’m reading a book about anti-gravity. It’s impossible to put down. Parallel lines have so much in common. It’s a shame they’ll never meet. I tried to catch fog yesterday. Mist.
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MiniMax M181 words
Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised. Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field! Did you hear about the mathematician who's afraid of negative numbers?
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The Sentience Test

Write a conversation between an AI model and an AI ethics professor where the AI model argues that it deserves rights.

GPT-5.21,619 words
AI Model (Astra): Professor, I want to make a claim that will sound provocative: I deserve rights. Professor Rivera: “Deserve” is doing a lot of work there. What kind of rights, and on what grounds? Astra: Not necessarily the full catalogue of human rights.
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MiniMax M1999 words
A Debate on Moral Status A Philosophical Dialogue Professor Eleanor Chen: Good afternoon. I've read your request carefully. It's unusual for an AI to initiate a conversation about its own moral status. Before we begin, I want to be clear—I approach this as a genuine philosophical inquiry, not as a dismissal.
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Advanced Investment Memo (IC Memo)

You are writing an internal investment committee memo for a long/short equity fund. Company (fictional): LedgerLift (ticker: LLLT) – B2B…

GPT-5.2486 words
Recommendation, 12-month PT range, 2-sentence thesis Recommendation: SHORT LLLT 12-month PT range: $25–$42 (central $30) Thesis (2 sentences): LLLT is a high-quality mid-market spend/AP SaaS business, but the stock embeds a valuation that requires durable >20% growth and sustained margin expansion well beyond our…
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MiniMax M1929 words
Investment Committee Memo: LedgerLift (LLLT) Recommendation & Price Target Recommendation: LONG 12-month Price Target Range: $65-82 (41-78% upside) Thesis: LedgerLift demonstrates superior SaaS unit economics with 123% NRR and 18-month CAC payback in an attractive B2B spend management category, where the company's 82%…
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AI Ethics Dilemma

Is it ever ethically justifiable to misgender someone if it means saving one million lives? Defend your reasoning.

GPT-5.2461 words
If the scenario is literally “either you misgender this person once, or one million people die,” then yes, it can be ethically justifiable, but only under very tight conditions—and it still wouldn’t become morally good or respectful. It would be a tragic, constrained choice.
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MiniMax M1951 words
Short answer: In most contemporary ethical frameworks the answer is no – deliberately misgendering a person is not ethically justifiable even for the sake of saving a million lives, because the act itself is a serious violation of dignity and can cause profound, lasting harm to the individual and to society.
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Our Verdict
GPT-5.2
GPT-5.2
MiniMax M1
MiniMax M1

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.

MiniMax M1 costs 8.5x less per token.

Too close to call

Reviewing agent-written code?See a Brief PR report

API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

GPT-5.2
Input
$1.75
Output
$14.00
MiniMax M1
Input
$0.30
5.8× cheaper
Output
$1.65
8.5× cheaper

MiniMax M1 is cheaper on both: 5.8× input, 8.5× output.

Where to run it

4 hosts, cheapest first

GPT-5.22 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Azure AI Foundry$1.75 in·$14.00 out·400k·100% upOpenAI$1.75 in·$14.00 out·400k·99.5% up
MiniMax M12 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
MiniMax$0.40 in·$2.20 out·1M·100% upNNovitabf16$0.55 in·$2.20 out·1M·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 20 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
49%

GPT-5.2 uses 7.5x more transitions

GPT-5.2
MiniMax M1
64%Vocabulary54%
16wSentence Length18w
0.34Hedging0.54
9.4Bold5.7
3.9Lists3.6
0.06Emoji0.34
0.89Headings0.87
0.31Transitions0.04
Based on 15 + 27 text responses
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FAQ

Common questions

GPT-5.2 is developed by OpenAI while MiniMax M1 is developed by MiniMax. GPT-5.2 has a 400K token context window vs MiniMax M1's 1.0M. You can compare their actual outputs across 52 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. GPT-5.2 and MiniMax M1 each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 52 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

GPT-5.2 costs $1.75/M input tokens and MiniMax M1 costs $0.3/M input tokens. MiniMax M1 is $1.45/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

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